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Methyl Red/Vogoes-Proskauer (MR-VP)
One medium used for two separate but related tests, identifying butanediol (VP) or acidic fermentation products (MR) as part of the IMViC test used in the identification of Enterobacteriaceae.

•Methyl Red (MR): detects the ability of an organism to produc...
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Vibrio cholerae was isolated in the capital city Kathmandu , where as it causes cholerae endemic in certain remote parts in the country every year . Vibrio cholerae O1 ogawa serotype was isolated and identified after growth in TCBS agar and subcultured on HIA plate and performed oxidase test (+...
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I am Sagar Aryal, Global Outreach Member of ASM, currently studying M.Sc. Medical Microbiology at St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu, Nepal.
This is the picture of presence of metallic sheen in m Endo Agar while detecting the coliforms in different water sample of kathmandu valley by membrane fil...
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this isolate is klebsiella oxytoca.
so, with the help of colony pic of klebsiella oxytoca written as ASM (american society for microbiology).
Media: mac-conkey agar
organisms: K.oxytoca
Incubation condtion:at37'c for 24hrs

Klebsiella oxytoca is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that i...
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this organisism is isolated from suspected of cryptococcosis from HIV infected patient, 45yrs/M.this work is performed at , deparment of Mycology at TU, Teaching Hospital, Ktm, nepal.
Phenotypic test done for conformation of this organisms...
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Dear Board,
Here is the one JPG picture attachment. please find it out here.In 20 April 2014 here in Nepal, we have ASM program in "Scientific Writing and Publishing" by ASM young ambassador to Nepal Dr.shyam prakash Dumre. We can see in below picture students posing for group photo and are in...
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This is an 3D image of conidiophores of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Conidiophores are hyphae which differentiate to produce asexual structures named spores or conidia. The image taken using a confocal microscope shows conidiophores stained with a fluorophore which stains components...
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My name is Sangeeta Khadka and i am from Nepal. I am a PG level student at St. Xavier's College. Recently, i have been doing my thesis work on mycology in Nobel Hospital and Research Centre for the degree of PG in Medical Microbiology.

A microorganism (from the Greek: μικρός, mikros, "small" and ὀργανισμός, organismós, "organism") is a microscopic organism, which may be a single cell or multicellular organism. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of m...
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Microorganisms are very diverse and include all the bacteria and archaea and almost all the protozoa. They also include some members of the fungi, algae, and animals such as rotifers. Many macro animals and plants have juvenile stages which are also microorganisms. Some microbiologists also clas...
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